‘Rich Hill’ is a Powerful Metaphor for the State of the American Dream

Written by Daniel Walber

There is no such thing as the typical American small town. The imagined close-knit community of financially secure farmers and tradespeople, united by patriotism and God, has begun to fade from the national imagination. In its place are real towns like Rich Hill, Missouri, where institutions like the Fourth of July parade and the public school system ma…